vintage Gamble Stores pocket knife

mrwatch · Post by **mrwatch** » Thu May 17, 2018 7:50 pm

Picked up this one at a antique mall. vintage Gamble Stores pocket knife Yellow 2 blade folder. long nail nick.
3 inches, main blade 2 inches, 2nd, 1.5 inches, any help with the age, maker and handle material please.

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Fri May 18, 2018 1:21 am

Looks like either a Colonial or Imperial.

knifeaholic · Post by **knifeaholic** » Fri May 18, 2018 12:57 pm

I agree, Imperial or Colonial. Gamble Stores was a chain of variety stores in the Western US. They were in business in the 1970's...not sure what their status is now.

I have seen and/or owned a handful of pocket knives marked GAMBLE STORES in the past - but every one of them was the same pattern - a medium sized "cattle" knife - three blades including a punch blade. This is the first jack that I have seen.

espn77 · Post by **espn77** » Fri May 18, 2018 1:37 pm

Is the tang stamped "gamble stores"? Or how is it identified?

peanut740 · Post by **peanut740** » Fri May 18, 2018 1:40 pm

espn77 wrote:Is the tang stamped "gamble stores"? Or how is it identified?

Yes.

terryl308 · Post by **terryl308** » Fri May 18, 2018 2:35 pm

Looks Imperial to me, we had a Gambles store in York,Ne back in the 60's.

Terry

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